• Family : CYPERACEAE
  (Sedge Family)
• Family (Hindi name) : BARA-NAGAR-MOTHA FAMILY (बड़ा नागर मोथा फैमिली)
• Family (as per The APG System III) : CYPERACEAE
• Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Cyperus distans L.f.
• Common name : Slender Cyperus
• Habit : Herb
• Habitat : Along banks of streams, also in wastelands
• Comments / notes : Occasional on hills about 1200m.
• Flower, Fruit : September-November
• Distribution :
  • Andhra Pradesh : Kurnool district, West Godavari district
  • Karnataka : Hassan district, Bengaluru district, Chikkamagaluru district, Davanagare district, Mysuru district, Shivamogga district, Udupi district, Uttara Kannada district
  • Kerala : All districts of Kerala
  • Maharashtra : Ahmednagar district, Mumbai-City district, Mumbai Suburban district, Dhule district, Kolhapur district, Pune district, Raigad district, Satara district, Sindhudurg district
  • Odisha : Cuttack district, Ganjam district, Mayurbhanj district, Puri district, Khurda district, Kalhandi district, Nayagarh district
• Native : Pantropical
• World Distribution : Tropical & sub-tropical regions of both hemispheres
• Conservation Status : Least Concern (LC)
• Literature : J.L.Ellis, 1990- Flora of Nallamalais Vol. 2; H.O. Saxena & M. Brahmam, 1996- Flora of Orissa Vol. 4; R. S. Rao et al., 1986 - Flora of West Godavari District; H. O. Saxena and M. Brahmam, 1989 - The Flora of Similipahar (Similipal), Orissa; IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. ; B. D. Sharma, S. Karthikeyan & N. P. Singh 1996 - Flora of Maharashtra state - Monocotyledons; Matthew, K.M., The Flora of Tamil Nadu Carnatic, Vol.3 (2). Diocesan Press, Madras. 1983; Sasidharan, N. 2011. Flowering plants of Kerala. DVD, V 2, KFRI; Saldanha & Nicolson, 1976 – Flora of Hassan; Seetharam et al., 2000 – Flora of Gulbarga; Rao & Razi, 1981 – Flora of Mysore; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 – Flora of Udupi; Manjunath et al., 2003 – Flora of Davanagere
• Citation : Sankara Rao, K., Raja K Swamy, Deepak Kumar, Arun Singh R. and K. Gopalakrishna Bhat (2019). Flora of Peninsular India. http://peninsula.ces.iisc.ac.in/plants.php?name=Cyperus distans. Downloaded on 5 April 2025.

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